San Marco - Venice

Bella veduta tratta dall'opera The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy: From the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century…, di Henry Gally Knight, stampata da Day & Haghe e pubblicata a Londra, in 2 volumi, nel 1843. L'opera è illustrata da 81 tavole di esterni ed interni di architetture ecclesiastiche di città italiane; i disegni furono realizzati da G. Moore, D. Quaglio, J. Aliusetti, J. M. Knapp, Hallman, ed E. Lear, mentre le litografie da Owen Jones, G. Moore, T. T. Bury, and R. K. Thomas. George Belton Moore, disegnatore di paesaggi, architettura e topografia, fu allievo di Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832). George insegnò disegno alla Royal Military Academy di Woolwich e all'University College di Londra. Espose paesaggi, spesso di soggetti italiani, alla Royal Academy e ad altre mostre dal 1830 fino alla sua morte. ' Litografia tinta, in ottimo stato di conservazione. View taken from The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy: From the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century…, published by Henry Bohn, London 1843, printed by Day & Haghe. The work is illustrated with 81 plates of exteriors and interiors of ecclesiastical architecture in Italian cities; the drawings were made by G. Moore, D. Quaglio, J. Aliusetti, J. M. Knapp, Hallman, and E. Lear, and the lithographs by Owen Jones, G. Moore, T. T. Bury, and R. K. Thomas. George Belton Moore, was born on 24 March and baptised at St Marylebone, London on 26 May 1806, son of William Moore and his wife Mary. A landscape, architectural and topographical draughtsman who was a pupil of Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832). George taught drawing at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and at University College, London. He exhibited landscapes, often of Italian subjects, at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions from 1830 until his death. ' ' Tinted lithograph, in very good condition. Cfr.